Parables of the Kingdom: Jesus and the Use of Parables in the Synoptic TraditionLiturgical Press, 2007 - 191 pagini Do you not understand this parable? is a question Jesus posed to his disciples (Mark 4:13). Just as the first disciples often did not understand Jesus ' many parables, so it is for listeners and readers nearly two thousand years later. In Parables of the Kingdom, Mary Ann Getty-Sullivan helps readers to hear and see and understand the parables of Jesus. She offers a general introduction to the use of parables in the life and ministry of Jesus and the early church. In addition, Getty-Sullivan helps readers learn to interpret parables, to enter into what the parables can reveal about Jesus and his audience, about the evangelists and their communities, and about how we are to understand the Kingdom of God today. Parables of the Kingdom helps us hear and see Jesus ' parables with new eyes and renewed hearts 'thereby allowing the parables to transform our lives and help us respond with new conviction to the gospel's power in our world. Mary Ann Getty-Sullivan holds an S.T.D. from the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium. She has been teaching New Testament courses in colleges and seminaries for more than thirty years and has recently retired from teaching full time to devote more time to writing and lecturing. Mary Ann has written several commentaries on the Letters of Saint Paul. Her recent books include Women in the New Testament published by Liturgical Press. |
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... soil . It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep . " And when the sun rose , it was scorched and it withered for lack of roots . " Some seed fell among thorns , and the thorns grew up and choked it and it produced no grain ...
... Soil , or the parable of the Harvest . It might even more appropriately be named the parable of the Sowings.3 The variety of possible interpretations makes this an excellent choice for Mark's ( and our ) first example of the open ...
... soil " and " the soil was not deep . " There is also repetition in the culminating verse 8 in the verbs , " came up , " " grew , " and " yielded . " The phrases of this parable are strung together with the connective " and " that occurs ...
... soil and among thorns , realistically portrays the way farming was done in first - century Galilee . To get waylaid by such discussions would be to risk missing the point of Jesus ' repeated , " Hear ! Listen ! " The " twist " or the ...
... soil " and produce a plentiful yield . In chapter 3 Mark told of the sending out of the apostles to preach and to cast out demons ( 3 : 13- 15 ) . Jesus instructs his disciples that the mystery of the kingdom of God is given as a ...
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Chapter 3 | 35 |
Parables Matthew Shared with Mark | 49 |
Parables as Matthew Tells Them | 77 |
Parables According to Luke | 113 |
Parables of Lukes Travel Narrative | 136 |
Conclusion | 169 |
Glossary of Basic Terms for the Study of the Parables | 183 |
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